here's to a great mysterious lady singer, johnnie ruth manuel, a beautiful woman who sang with the legendary harry choates (new iberia, louisiana, 1922-austin, texas, 1951), and with whom choates had an illegitimate affair (she was married to one of his best friends, a regular musician in his orchestra)

johnnie ruth manuel (vocal)/harry choates (violin) /missing you (les films d'occasion production)/i could not find a single photograph of johnnie ruth manuel on google but there's a beautiful one in bear family's fabulous harry choates double cd, "devil in the bayou", a must for louisiana and cajun music fanatics ...